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Baby or big kid?
Like a caterpillar that turns into a butterfly, you've changed too! Some things are from when you were a baby and some things you can only do now.
Butterfly Meadow
Educational games for kids ages 2 to 6
Fly over the meadow: symmetry, days of the week, the alphabet and metamorphosis.
- games
- 14
- years old
- 2 to 6
- BNCC goals
- 8
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What children learn here
Every game follows a goal from Brazil’s BNCC, with its equivalent in Head Start ELOF, Common Core and the EYFS. Tap a code to see every game that works on the same goal.
Listening, speaking, thinking and imagination
Spaces, time, quantities and relationships
- EI03ET05Group objects and pictures by color, shape and likeness4 gamesHead Start ELOF P-SCI 3, P-MATH 9 · Common Core K.MD.B.3
- EI03ET06Place events in time: yesterday, today and tomorrow4 gamesEYFS UW-PP
- EI03ET03Learn about animals and nature: where they live and what they eat2 gamesHead Start ELOF P-SCI 1, P-SCI 3 · EYFS UW-NW
- EI03ET07Match numbers to amounts and count to ten2 gamesHead Start ELOF P-MATH 1, P-MATH 2, P-MATH 3, P-MATH 5 · Common Core K.CC.A.1, K.CC.B.4, K.CC.B.5 · EYFS M-NUM
- EI03ET02Observe and describe changes in nature and materials1 gameHead Start ELOF P-SCI 1, P-SCI 6 · EYFS UW-NW
Lines, sounds, colors and shapes
Themes in this region:Numbers and countingColors, shapes and patternsTime and routineNature and animalsLetters and wordsArt and drawingBody and coordination
The 14 games of Butterfly Meadow
2 and 3 year olds
To get started: few options, big pictures and the teacher’s voice.
4 and 5 year olds
More pieces that look alike, asking for attention and memory.
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Mirror wing
Fold the butterfly in half and the wings line up: what's close to the body on one side is close to the body on the other. Find the mirror wing.
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Metamorphosis
A butterfly changes a lot before it flies: first it's an egg, then a hungry caterpillar, then it sleeps in a cocoon and comes out a butterfly!
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Figure-eight flight
The butterfly flies drawing an eight in the air: it loops around one side, crosses in the middle and loops around the other. Start in the middle!
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Rainbow colors
The rainbow always has its colors in the same order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. Paint the rainbow by tapping in order.
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Who is an insect?
Butterflies, bees and ladybugs are insects: six little legs and antennae. Worms and snails aren't! Find the insects.
5 and 6 year olds
Bigger challenges and the party that reviews everything the child learned.
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First syllable
BUT-TER-FLY: every word is made of little pieces, the syllables. Listen to the first piece and find how it is written.
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Days of the week
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. After Saturday the week starts again on Sunday!
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Alphabet order
A, B, C, D, E... Letters have a set order, the alphabet. Tap the letters following that order.
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How many days to go?
The butterfly party is coming! Count the days starting tomorrow until the big day.
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Equal groups?
The butterflies landed on the flowers. Count each group and say if all the flowers got the same amount.
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Meadow party
Region party
The meadow bloomed and the butterflies came to dance! Let's remember everything you discovered here.
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Build the word
Region party
The syllables scattered across the meadow! Say the word slowly and tap the pieces in order to build it.
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Twin wings
Region party
Look closely at the spots: the color and the place of each one. Some wings are almost the same, but only one is the twin!
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